Unbelievable.

There are moments in sports that cause hands to tremble and hair to stand up. Spines turn to jelly while eyes gape at inconceivable actions on the field.

Four seconds to go. They scored with four seconds to go.

The image of the ball rolling into the net with the clock on its last gasp will last forever in the minds of the Harvard field hockey team. It was that goal, off a free hit and two immaculate deflections, that clinched both an impossible comeback and Harvard's 2-1 victory over Northeastern--the eighth-ranked team in the nation.

The shot is impossible to describe. No one in attendance confesses to have seen it--not even the players. Junior midfielder Carrie Shumway took the free hit, and with the clock winding down, whacked it towards the goal in hopes of a miracle.

Junior attacker Melanie Allen hit it--or perhaps sophomore attacker Liz Schoyer. Then it ricocheted off of a Husky stick--or maybe not.

However it happened, the ball was set on a collision course with the net. And Northeastern goaltender Jen Ruggiero was nowhere to be seen.

The Crimson's record is now 5-8 overall (2-2 in the Ivies). The Huskies watched as their record fell to 13-4-1.

"It feels like all the ways that we've been wronged this year have been righted," said Allen, who was credited with deflecting in the winning goal. "Everyone played their hearts out for 70 minutes today."

The Crimson fell behind Northeastern midway through the first half, 1-0, on a quick breakaway by Husky Denise Nosca.

Meanwhile, the home team's offense was continuously shut down by the Husky defense, and it seemed like the Crimson would be shut out for the third straight game.

The game clock showed under five minutes remaining in the second half, and the fat lady was pumped up for her aria. Until Schoyer shoved her out of the way and did her own cameo.

The Huskies held the ball in their zone and passed it downfield. The Crimson picked it off and sent it back the other way.

One by one, people began to realize that Schoyer was unchecked. And that the ball was coming right to her.

She tapped it to the side of the charging Ruggiero. And then smacked it into the goal.